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Surplus market report: week of July 13, 2026
July 13 - July 19, 2026. 14,401 U.S. government surplus lots finished bidding, -2% on the week before, at a median winning bid of $102. Of the lots whose outcome we re-checked after close, 71.3% sold.
Lots closed
14,401
-2%
Median winning bid
$102
all categories
Sell-through
71.3%
Total closing value
$21,216,942
Vehicles carried the week on volume with 2,704 lots closed at a median of $2,350, and it was also the most contested: a lot that drew bids drew a median of 25 of them.
Volume, median close and sell-through by category
| Category | Closed | Median | vs. prior week | Sell-through | Median bids |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicles | 2,704 | $2,350 | -8% | 91.5% | 25 |
| Electronics | 1,958 | $92 | +18% | 81.1% | 11 |
| Furniture | 1,869 | $15 | +25% | 64.4% | 4 |
| Tools | 794 | $80 | -27% | 83.4% | 10 |
| Real Estate | 535 | $4,123 | -17% | — | 1 |
| Jewelry | 509 | $60 | +9% | 42.6% | 7 |
| Medical | 461 | $63 | +7% | 61.1% | 5 |
| Equipment | 426 | $1,500 | +46% | 91.6% | 22 |
| Collectibles | 270 | $51 | -23% | 62.9% | 4 |
| Military | 238 | $130 | +30% | — | 5 |
Notable lots this week
Most contested lot
Large Lot of Dell 7420 LaptopsClosed at $45,000 after 188 bids in OH. Electronics.
Highest close of the week
HUD Home — 8595 Golden Valley Dr, Maple Falls, WA 98266Closed at $285,000 in WA. Real Estate.
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Methodology: counts every U.S. lot in our index that finished bidding between 2026-07-13 and 2026-07-20 (UTC). Median is the median final winning bid among lots that closed with a bid. The all-category median moves with the mix of what happened to close that week, not with prices, so week-over-week movement is shown per category, where it compares like with like. Sell-through is the share of lots that sold, counted only where we re-checked the outcome after the auction closed, since a pre-close reading undercounts last-minute bids; weeks before that check existed report no sell-through rather than an understated one. A category needs 30 closed lots to appear and 50 re-checked lots to show a sell-through. Uncategorized lots are counted in the totals but not the table. This is a sample of the platforms we index, not the entire government-auction universe. Built July 31, 2026 and frozen.
For the always-current view, see the Surplus Market Report and the Surplus Price Index, or browse live auctions.